Where does “khà-sàng” come from?

khà-sàng (Min Nan) comes from Japanese お母さん, from Japanese 母, from Old Japanese はは.

khà-sàng (Min Nan): mother

Definitions

  1. mother

Ancestry of “khà-sàng”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseお母さんmother; one's mother
2Japanese母mother; a woman who breastfeeds and raises a...
3Old Japaneseはは—
Every word from Old Japanese はは →Every word from Japanese 母 →Every word from Japanese お母さん →